Vaginal injector.



No. 7053711 v Patented July 22, I902. A. ANDERSON &. M. B. 8. B.PACKNESS.

VAGlNAL-INJEGTOB.

(Application filed Feb. 16, 1901. Bengwed Apr. 3, 1902.)

(lo Model.)

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PATENT OFFIOEt ANDREAS ANDERSON AND MARTIN B. s. B. PACKNESS, oEDENvEECOLORADO.

VAGINAL INJECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,371, datedJuly 22,1902. Application filed February 16,1901. Renewed April 3, 1902. SerialNo. 101,232. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

13EHEING SEBBELo BOEGH PAOKNESS, a subect of the King of Denmark, bothresidents of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado,have invented a new and Improved Vaginal Injector, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to so construct a vaginal injector thatby reason of its perfect shape the apparatus can be safely and easilyintroduced and as easily withdrawn.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a vaginal injectorcapable of expanding the vagina to its fullest extent, laying open themouth'an-d entire lower parts and sides of the uterus, thus permittingeach and every part of the female organs to'be thor oughly douched.

The invention consists in the novel con-.

struction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafterfully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in closed position. Fig. 2 isa vertical section through the device in expanded position. Fig. 3 is aface view of the outer tie member of the device, and Fig; 4. is a faceview of the inner or forward tie-member associated with the device.

The outer tie member A is shown in detail in Fig. 3, and consists of aperipheral section 10, in which a series of openings 11 is made, a hub12, and spokes or arms 13, which connect the hub with the peripheralsection. The inner tie member B (shown particularly in Fig. 4) is madepreferably in two sections, including a main disk section 14., having acentral opening 15 and an opening 16 at one .shown in Fig. 2.

p ings or. apertures 16 0f the disk 1 1. .The Be 1t known that we,ANDREAS ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, and MARTIN bodyportion of the device consists of a seriesof eizpansible arms O. Theouter or rear ends of these arms are secured in any suitable orapprovedmanner in the openings 11 of the outer tiej member A of the device, andthe said arms likewise pass through the apertures 16 in the disk section14 of the forward or inner tie member B and are held in position by theband or ring 17 when the latter is fitted to place upon the disk 14..These body members 0 are outwardly curved or convened, as shown at 18 inFig. 2, between the two tie members A and B, and from a point justbeyond or forward of the inner tie memberB the expansible arms O aremade in two sections 19.and 20. The sections 19 of these arms,which arethe outer sections, are practically straight and terminate at theirforward ends in downwardly and inwardly .inclined curvedsections 21,which meet or constitute continuat-ions of corresponding curved sections22, forming'a portion of the inner sections 20 of the said expansiblearms.

These lower-sections 20 are soshaped between the curved portions 22 andtherear portions of the outer'or main sections 19 of the arms in frontof the inner tie member 13 that they produce two inclined planes 23 and24, as is best the hub 12 of the outer tie member or section A of thedevice and through the centralopening 15 in the inner or forward tiemember B, and the tube 25 at its forward end terminates in a rose-nozzle26,,while near the rear or outer end of the tube 25 a stop 27 is locatedon the tube, which limits the forward movement of the said irrigating orflushing tube.

An expanding-disk 28 is secured upon this irrigating or flushing tube 25at a point near its forward or inner end, as is shown in Figs.

'1 and 2, and when the body O is in the collapsed position shown in Fig.lits expanding-disk 28 lies close to the inner or forward tie member B,as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1; but whenthedeviceis introducedinto the organ it is designed to enter -the flushing or irrigating tube25 is forced inward or forward, and consequently the expanding-disk 28,carried by this tube, will en+ gage with the rear inclined planes 24 ofthe Atube 25 is made to slide in body members C and will force outwardor expand such members, and when the stop 27 is practically inengagement with the outer tie member A the expanding-disk 28 will belocated at the junction of the inclined planes 23 and 24 of the bodymembers 0 of the device and the said body members will have beenexpanded to such an extent that the vaginal canal will be opened, sothat the solution passed through the irrigating-tube 25 may not onlyreach the walls of the vaginal canal, but may also be brought influshing contact with the uterus.

In order to prevent the device from irritating the outer lips of thevagina, a pad 29 is secured to the exterior of the body members 0 of thebody of the device, and this pad is usually made somewhat conical ortapering and contains air, being practically an aircushion. It issecured to the ring 17 of the inner tie member B of the device in anysuitable or approved manner. The pad 29 in its association with theinner tie member B forms a cup into which the douche orirrigating-liquid is received after it has performed its function, andsuch liquid is discharged to a convenient receptacle through the mediumof a tube 30, which is secured in the side aperture or opening 16 in thedisk 14 of the inner tie member and extends at a downward inclinationout between the body sections or members 0 at those portions of saidmembers which lie between the two tie members A and B.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a vaginal injector, expansible bodymembers, each having its forward portions formed of an inner and outersection, the inner section being formed with inclined planes, a tiemember for the outer portions of the body members, an irrigating orinjecting tube slidable in the tie member, and an expanding membercarried by the said tube and arranged for engagement with the inclinedplanes of the inner sections of the body members, for the purposespecified.

2. In a vaginal injector, expansible body members having theirextremities curved inwardly and each provided with an inwardlyextendingmember having oppositely inclined inner surfaces, spaced tie members towhich the inner ends of the body members are rigidly secured, anirrigating or injecting tube slidable in the tie members, and anexpanding member carried by the tube and adapted for engagement with therearinclined surfaces of the body members, as set forth.

3. A vaginalinjector,consisting of tie members, body members secured attheir outer ends in the said tie members, and having their extremitiescurved inwardly, each of the said members having their forward portionsformed of an inner and outer section, the inner sections havingoppositely-inclined surfaces at their inner portions, an injector orirrigating-tube held to slide through the tie members, the said tubebeing provided with a spray-nozzle at its forward end, and a diskcarried by said tube, adapted for engagement with the inclined portionsof the body members, as described.

4. Avaginalinjector,consisting of tiemembers, body members secured attheir outer ends in the said tie members, the forward ends of the saidbody members being free and their extremities curved inwardly, the saidbody members at their free portions having oppositely-inclined surfacesat their inner portions, an injector or irrigating-tube held to slidethrough the tie members, the said tube being provided with aspray-nozzle at its forward end, a disk carried by said tube, adaptedfor engagement with the inclined portions of the body members, a stoplimiting the forward movement of the said tube, a conical pad extendingacross the outer faces of the body members adjacent to the forward orinner tie member, the said pad and forward or inner tie memberconstituting a receptacle for liquid, and an outlet-tube connected withthe inner or forward tie member, through which the liquid introduced bythe device may be discharged, for the purpose set forth.

5. In a vaginal injector, the combination, with an outer tie member andan inner tie member, the outer tie member being provided with a seriesof peripheral openings and a hub, the inner or forward tie member havingalso peripheral openings and a band which covers the openings, togetherwith a central opening and a side opening, and a series of body membershaving their outer ends socured in the peripheral apertures of the outertie member, which body members also enter the peripheral openings in theinner or forward tie member and are held in position by the band portionof said member, the body members being outwardly arched between theouter and inner or forward tie member, the free ends of the body membershaving their forward extremities downwardly and inwardly curved andprovided at their inner portions with oppositely-directed inclinedplanes, of a tube held to slide in the tie members, terminating at itsforward end in a sprinkling-nozzle, a disk carried by the forwardportion of the tube, adapted to engage with the inclined walls of thebody members at their front portions, and an outlet-tube for liquidconnected with the inner or forward tie member, extending downward andoutward between the body members, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREAS ANDERSON. MARTIN B. S. B. PACKNESS.

Witnesses:

NIELs P. SoRENsEN, AUG. H. WEINHOLD.

